HyperDic: decolonize

English > 1 sense of the word decolonize:
VERBsocialdecolonize, decolonisegrant independence to (a former colony)
English > decolonize: 1 sense > verb 1, social
Meaninggrant independence to (a former colony).
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's"
Synonymdecolonise
Broaderliberate, set freegrant freedom to
Oppositecolonize, coloniseSettle as a colony
Spanishdescolonizar
Catalandescolonitzar
Nounsdecolonizationthe action of changing from colonial to independent status

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